Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.

Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.

Russians are ditching their summer holiday plans at popular Black Sea destinations because of an oil spill, while local ...

Russian officials say rescue workers have successfully removed almost 1,500 tons of oil stranded onboard a tanker that ran ...

Rescue workers have successfully removed nearly 1,500 tons of oil from a stranded tanker involved in a significant oil spill ...

The head of Moscow-annexed Crimea warned Wednesday there was a "high risk" the peninsula would suffer severe environmental damage from an oil spill in the Black Sea. Two Russian oil tankers on ...

A total of 32 dolphins have died in a Russian oil spill in the Kerch Strait between Crimea and Russia's southern Krasnodar region, an animal rescue group has said. Russia's Delfa Dolphin Rescue ...

Russian-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea announced a regional emergency last weekend ... an adviser to the head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, described the oil ...

Russia-Appointed Officials in Crimea Declare Emergency as Oil Spill Reaches Sevastopol Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea announced a regional emergency on Saturday, as oil was ...

Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea announced a regional emergency ... Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the oil spill an "ecological disaster." The Kerch Strait ...

Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea announced a regional emergency ... Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the oil spill an “ecological disaster.” ...